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Tim Grice
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 5:14 pm |
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Hello folks,
I've been reading this board for a while now and finally got round to paying my dues so that I could post.
I'm mainly interested in bluesy and Indian style steel guitar. I currently own an original weissenborn, a chaturangui (22 string Indian guitar) and have an 8 string Weissenborn on order from an Australian luthier, Daniel Brauchli.
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 5:20 pm
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Hi Tim, good to see you finally signed up! 
Steinar
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Jon den Boer
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 5:37 pm
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| Welcome Tim, good to see you here. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 6:50 pm
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Tim, welcome to the coolest forum on the planet.
Can you post pics of your guitars?
RA |
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Tim Grice
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 8:13 pm
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Tim, welcome aboard. Man, those are 3 gorgeous instruments...I'd willingly listen to soundclips of Indian style, blues or anything else coming from the likes of those beauties!
--Steve |
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 8:18 pm
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Wow, those are some beautiful instruments Tim.
Nice photography!
They must sound amazing. Do you have any sound clips? |
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Tim Grice
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 8:39 pm
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Thanks guys. No sound clips sorry. I have spent more than my fair share of the family's money on the guitars  so it will be a bit of time before I get set up for recording. However, Daniel Brauchli has some sound clips on his web site:
Brauchli Weiss
As does Debashish of the Chaturangui:
Trinity of Guitars
And there's a nice interview with Bob Brozman where he plays his Chaturangui at about the 19th minute here:
Brozman interview
[This message was edited by Tim Grice on 21 December 2005 at 08:40 PM.] |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 9:25 pm
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Well I just heard a very stimulating, intellectual lecture on the philosophy, psychology and science of making music by Bob Brozman.
But I am convinced that he has gone aboriginal native now, but sometimes he moves to the outer reaches of reality, some might save creativity.
I wonder does he still love Hawaii music?  ??[This message was edited by Don Kona Woods on 21 December 2005 at 09:26 PM.] |
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Tim Grice
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 21 Dec 2005 9:42 pm
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Hi Don,
I'm not sure what you mean by "gone aboriginal native now". Bob just seems to be on a musical journey to me, like we all are. I'm most certain that he still loves Hawaiian music, he is just exploring other types of music as well. As you no doubt know, he has collaborated with many musicians around the world to produce some truly wonderful music.
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Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 12:36 am
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Tim asks:
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Nothing negative, Tim.
For me, many of the sounds that I hear from Bob remind me of music that is primal to tribes in various countries.
It was also very creative stuff.
Aloha,
Don |
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Tim Grice
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 1:02 am
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Hi Don,
Yes, I agree! I think Bob would call this distinction music from the "colonizers" versus music from the "colonized".
Tim
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 5:58 am
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g'day mate.
hi Tim. nice to see you over here.
and what an introduction by showing us those beautiful instruments.
someday I want to visit OZ. can I play with your toys?
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 7:43 am
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Welcome, Tim -- it's good to "see" you over here.
Wow -- unless I'm mistaken, the last pictures we saw of your Weissenborn were "Before." It looks great in the "Afters!" |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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John Bushouse
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 8:41 am
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Charlie McDonald
From:
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 9:26 am
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Chaturangui
Aw man, that's a guitar.
You can stay around as long as you like.
Welcome. |
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Ron Brennan
From:
Orlando, Florida, USA; Formerly, Edison, NJ
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 9:53 am
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G'day Tim,
Welcome aboard....a fantastic array instruments ya got there!!!  ....Good on ya for joining too....
Quote:
"Very true, except I'm very short on Frequent Flyer Miles"
But Howard, I'll give you free (conditional) 12,000 One-way, Non-stop Frequent Flyer Miles, but no Lavatory previlages!!! 
The condition??
You have to put some hard labor time at the baggage claim area, IN THE "OUTBACK" AKA: EWR (Newark), NEW JERSEY!!! TX
Rgds,
Ron
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JCFSGC member since 2005 "Be of Good Cheer"
"55" Stringmaster D8,"59" Stringmaster D6
"67" Telecaster,
"60"Fender Concert Amp 4-10's
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 9:59 am
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Tim,
Welcome home!
We missed you.
ps. have you heard Harry Manx? |
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Tim Grice
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 1:06 pm
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Thanks all for making me feel so welcome.
Randy, you are welcome in Brisbane anytime my friend. How is your painting going?
Thanks Russ. Good memory! You're right -- this was the Weissenborn the I bought from ebay with an almost completely separated back and sides, no bridge, a few hairline cracks and seized tuners, broken braces, etc. Not a good look. When I got it my wife said that I should use it for firewood. But you should see it now! It looks and plays great! By the way, I ended up buying an Oahu (we emailed about this) but the seller put it in a cardboard box with no hard case and little packing material. It got busted up beyond repair. Insurance didn’t pay, seller didn’t pay, and there you have it. I could pursue it further but can’t be bothered. I have made a lot more than I have lost on ebay, so…
Howard, yes, I also likes the look of the Tim Kill Mohan Veena! I have often wished for a hollowneck with sympathetic strings – and now someone is making one. No more guitars for me for a while though 
Hi Loni. Yes, I have a few of Harry Manx’s albums. I enjoy his music quite a bit. If you like Harry Manx’s “Indian” instrumental pieces, you might also enjoy a few albums that I have been listening to lately: Calcutta Slide Guitar Vol 3 (Debashish Bhattacharya – beautiful playing of the Chaturangui), Brozman and Bhattacharya (Mahaima), A Meeting by The River (Ry Cooder, Mohan Bhatt), Brozman and Lacaille (Dig Dig – not Indian, but hey) and Paris Texas (Ry Cooder, David Lindley – more bluesy than Indian). Some old and some new.
Tim
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HowardR
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Posted 22 Dec 2005 2:02 pm
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That's why I'd like it Mohanless. I don't need the sympathetic strings. My playing gets enough sympathy! |
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